British and Continental Ceramics

A Ridgway type porcelain hunting scene circular punch bowl, circa 1810-15, sprigged in white against a pale blue ground between gilt banding, unmarked, diameter 26.5cm, together with a Spode Copeland's china part dessert service, decorated with named flowers after Henn, four pieces of Ridgway sprigged with scenes within fern rims, and a small group of similar wares, including a pair of floral painted Ridgway candlesticks. Provenance: from the collection of the late Graham and Rhiannon Berridge.

A Ridgway part dessert service, circa 1825, pattern No. 1079, painted with still life studies of flower baskets on ledges within gilt enriched lemon ground foliate scroll frames, the dark blue ground otherwise gilt with a geometric pattern and reserved with floral panels, the foliate handles with flowerhead terminals, comprising oval footed centrepiece, length 39cm, sauce tureen with integral stand and cover, four square dishes, four rectangular dishes, four circular dishes and six two-handled plates, diameter 24cm. Provenance: from the collection of the late Graham and Rhiannon Berridge.

A mixed group of mostly Ridgway porcelain cabinet plates and dessert wares, 19th century, including a pink ground single-handled dish, painted with an upturned basket of flowers, pattern No. 1678, length 24.5cm, a similar green ground dish, painted with a red poppy, a botanical plate with named specimen and floral moulded rim, diameter 22.7cm, a dark green ground two-handled plate, painted with flowers and shells, a similar pink ground example, painted with a building, and a lilac ground saucer dish, relief moulded in white with a river view, the rim gilt with shells, pattern No. 2/177, diameter 19.5cm. Provenance: from the collection of the late Graham and Rhiannon Berridge.

A pair of Ridgway sauce tureens and covers with matching pierced centrepiece, circa 1830-35, pattern No. 2762, painted with floral groups with gilt C-scroll framing against a turquoise blue ground, with relief moulded detail, height of tureens 16cm, length of centrepiece 33.5cm, together with a small group of other Ridgway dessert wares, including a pair of two-handled square dishes in pattern No. 2179 and a matching plate (minor faults). Provenance: from the collection of the late Graham and Rhiannon Berridge.

A Ridgway bluish-mauve earthenware part dessert service, pattern No. 285, enamelled and gilt with a central basket of flowers within floral borders, the rims shaped with gilt scroll detail and shell motifs to the larger pieces, comprising footed rectangular dish, eight leaf shaped dishes, two rectangular dishes, length 27cm, six diamond shaped dishes and forty-one plates, diameter 24.5cm (minor faults). Provenance: from the collection of the late Graham and Rhiannon Berridge.

An English pottery two-handled ornithological sauce tureen and cover with integral stand, circa 1810, of oval shape, painted in shades of grey with named birds against orange landscape backgrounds, within gilt edges, length 19cm, together with a Ridgway sauce tureen and cover and matching centrepiece bowl, bat printed with animals within gilt anthemion framing, moulded with fruiting vine handles, two Ridgway vases, printed with named views, heights 21cm and 16cm, and a small group of other similar wares (some faults). Provenance: from the collection of the late Graham and Rhiannon Berridge.

A Ridgway bluish-mauve earthenware jug, circa 1835-40, of octagonal baluster shape, painted in gilt enriched black enamel with chinoiserie figures in landscapes, iron red painted pattern No. 158 to base, height 19.5cm, together with twenty-one other Ridgway pottery jugs, mostly bluish-mauve and decorated with flowers, but also including a graduated set of three green pottery examples, painted with floral bands, and a similar green example, painted with birds. Provenance: from the collection of the late Graham and Rhiannon Berridge.

A mixed group of six English porcelain and dry-bodied stoneware baskets and covers, early 19th century, including a scale blue ground circular example with floral panels, diameter 10.5cm, a similar smaller example with gilt enriched flowers and foliage against a blue ground, diameter 8cm, and a buff ground oval example, sprigged with white flowers, probably Ridgway, length 10.8cm. Provenance: from the collection of the late Graham and Rhiannon Berridge.

A mixed group of mostly Ridgway trios, teacups and saucers and coffee cans, 19th century, including a gilt overlaid pink ground London shape teacup and saucer, pattern No. 2/140, a pale blue ground pink and gilt floral painted London shape coffee cup and saucer and matching pair of teacups and saucers, pattern No. 2/5, a coffee can with silver lustre band between gilt banding, a trio decorated with iron red dragons and phoenix, pattern No. 2/1027, and a trio with floral panels within gilt overlaid pale lemon framing beneath cobalt blue gilt overlaid rims, pattern No. 2/1390. Provenance: from the collection of the late Graham and Rhiannon Berridge.

A large pair of Ridgway bluish-mauve earthenware two-handled vases, circa 1840, of lobed baluster shape with branch handles, gilt with weed decoration and gilt enrichments to the moulded detail, height 37.5cm (minor restoration). Provenance: from the collection of the late Graham and Rhiannon Berridge.

A pair of Ridgway earthenware pottery vases, mid-19th century, the octagonal baluster bodies with a marbled ground and gilt zoomorphic handles, reserved with gilt scroll edged panels, decorated with gilt highlighted classical vases, impressed factory marks, height 25cm, together with a Ridgway Patent Mosaic vase and cover, height 38cm. Provenance: from the collection of the late Graham and Rhiannon Berridge.

A Spode Dollar pattern coffee can and saucer, circa 1805, of Bute shape, pattern No. 175, diameter of saucer 13.8cm, a Coalport Imari pattern Bute shape teacup and saucer in a version of the Nelson pattern, a pair of Japan pattern Bute shape Coalport teacups and saucers, and two other Japan pattern teacups and saucers (minor faults). Provenance: from the collection of the late Graham and Rhiannon Berridge.

A fine Ridgway porcelain 1851 Exhibition cabinet plate, mid-19th century, painted in the style of Watteau with a couple drinking wine within a gilt overlaid coral border, unmarked, diameter 24.3cm. Provenance: from the collection of the late Graham and Rhiannon Berridge. Note: similar pieces are illustrated by Geoffrey Godden in his book 'Ridgway Porcelains', pl.196, p.226 and colour pl.15. Mr Godden notes the pattern number is 6/4946.

A Ridgway porcelain sauce tureen and cover with integral stand, circa 1825, gilt with foliate scrollwork above a floral painted stem against a green ground, the cover with cornucopia finial, pattern No. 1176, together with a mixed group of mostly Ridgway porcelain tea and dessert wares, including six milk jugs, two plates with floral moulded rims and three dessert dishes with pierced rims. Provenance: from the collection of the late Graham and Rhiannon Berridge.

A Ridgway Charles Rhodes shape cabinet cup and saucer, circa 1850, the cup painted with a series of small landscape panels above diaper moulding and a pedestal foot, pattern No.5/2263, diameter of saucer 14.8cm, another moulded Ridgway cup and saucer with gilt dotted cobalt blue ground and floral panels, pattern No. 5/4734, and a small group of other 19th century cabinet cups, cans and saucers, mostly Ridgway. Provenance: from the collection of the late Graham and Rhiannon Berridge.

A Ridgway porcelain déjeuné tray, mid-19th century, of square shape with pierced gilt foliate handles, gilt with a central square foliate medallion against a gilt overlaid turquoise ground, unmarked, length 39.8cm, together with a small group of floral painted Ridgway dessert wares, including a pair of pale grey ground oval two-handled dishes, pattern No. 3960, length 30cm. Provenance: from the collection of the late Graham and Rhiannon Berridge.

A large mixed group of English porcelain trios, teacups, coffee cans and saucers, late 18th/19th century, mostly Ridgway, including a blue and gilt foliate painted trio, pattern No. 5/1105, a London shape trio with floral painting in Imari colours, pattern No. 2/1120, a Barr Worcester teacup and saucer with a scrolling foliate band in gilt, and a gilt painted Spode London shape teacup and saucer, pattern No. 318. Provenance: from the collection of the late Graham and Rhiannon Berridge.

A Ridgway porcelain armorial saucer dish, mid-19th century, printed to the centre with the Merchant Taylors' armorial and motto within a border of flowers, puce printed factory mark to reverse, diameter 17.5cm, a Brown Westhead Moore & Co blue pottery armorial low stand, a topographical mug, painted with a titled view of Fonthill Abbey, a Ridgway two-handled vase, height 12.5cm, a pair of miniature meat dishes, length 11.5cm, and two small cups. Provenance: from the collection of the late Graham and Rhiannon Berridge.

A Ridgway bluish-mauve pottery ice pail and cover, circa 1835-40, pattern No. 204, the ogee body with acanthus leaf moulded detail and entwined trailing branch handles, the cover with cornucopia knop, height 36cm, together with a matching sauce tureen and cover with integral stand, a classical shaped urn on a square base, painted with yellow and pink flowers, pattern No. 130, and a mixed group of Ridgway pottery dessert plates and dishes, mostly in bluish-mauve earthenware (minor faults). Provenance: from the collection of the late Graham and Rhiannon Berridge.